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Thiaroye 44 (lemassacre). Tita M'Baye Bolonga
   
Table Tita M'Baye.
pulp plant and acrylic paint on canvas.
Painting with wooden frame.

Description of the table: Table
relief tirailleur representing a Senegalese and a French soldier.
To the right of the table, you see relief in a circle surrounded by a spiral and the latter from other circles to the top. For the artist, the circles represent the trip, but the cycle indicates that some have not returned it referring to the many Senegalese soldiers killed in combat.

Maktar Amadou Mbaye said «TITA»

painter, sculptor, Professor arts and arts education in Dakar ENSEA. One who is better known as «Tita» is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

His works imbued with a great symbolism are the result of a search) plunged into its cultural roots. The substance of his work bears the mark of the African soil.

He mixes natural pigments from local fruit mashed with the baobab tree sap to turn into a paste compact plant, which emanates from his paintings color deep earth.

The story of Senegalese infantrymen permeates many his paintings, and in memory of her brother, who died on the battlefield. These works are a testimony, a tribute to all those African skirmishers forgotten history but live in many memories of the people of Senegal and French.

Tita, artist, but above all human, does not live by his art but for his art for this message if it passes deep..
Thiaroye 44 (lemassacre)
Art by Independent Artists,  Ethnic arts,  Oil
Author: Tita M'Baye
103 x  39 cm  /   40.6 x  15.4 in
Weight 2.2 kg   /  4.85 lbs
Origin: Arts of Africa  /   Authenticity / Provenance: Original  /   Artists types: Independant artists  /   Period: Contemporary  /  
 
Posted: january 21, 2009 / Modified: january 21, 2009
Copyright Bolonga

 
Thiaroye 44 (lemassacre)
1,600 €  1,136 £  1,824 $ 
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Bolonga
Bolonga
Art dealer 
Paris, France
Oil
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